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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: September 2013

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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Thursday, September 12, 2013. Celebrating Three Years Of Having Three Kids. Well, I believed my head and my heart were firmly attached in the right places, but it didn't take long before I was beginning to wonder if the rules I had been told about adopting here were actually. Indonesian kids are beyond adorable! Then, there was this one little boy who grabbed my heart. I watched him play and interact. He reached over to feed me a bite of his Lego block. I pretended t...I feel li...

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Two Year Itch: October 2014

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Looking to serve our country and add a little adventure to our lives, we packed up and joined the Foreign Service in early 2013. Current assignment: Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, GT Washington DC. Wednesday, October 15, 2014. El Paredon on the Pacific Coast. After the cars were unpacked and we were settled in at Pelicanos Hotel it was time to order up some cervezas and ceviche and begin the relaxing 3 day weekend at the beach. Thank you Columbus! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Get an email when...

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Two Year Itch: Parting Thoughts

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Looking to serve our country and add a little adventure to our lives, we packed up and joined the Foreign Service in early 2013. Current assignment: Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, GT Washington DC. Friday, May 29, 2015. John and I were recently asked to sum up our thoughts on the last 2 years in Guatemala. Here's what we published in the Embassy Newsletter. We are still in denial that it is time to leave already. What surprised you the most about Guatemala? 3 San Juan la Laguna. Honorable men...

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Two Year Itch: January 2014

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Looking to serve our country and add a little adventure to our lives, we packed up and joined the Foreign Service in early 2013. Current assignment: Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, GT Washington DC. Thursday, January 16, 2014. Signs signs everywhere are signs. Mistranslations crack me up. I find the website Engrish Funny. 100% entertaining. Even when no words are involved, for example in the homegrown Guatemalan signs we see everywhere, the interpretative differences are highly amusing. The fo...

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Two Year Itch: November 2013

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Looking to serve our country and add a little adventure to our lives, we packed up and joined the Foreign Service in early 2013. Current assignment: Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, GT Washington DC. Wednesday, November 6, 2013. I think you can do that here.". Since the Hubster and I are still "new" here and learning the ways of the road we casually asked our friend, "huh, did you just go through that red light? Our friend replied confidently, "I think you can do that here.". Whether it's the a...

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My Arabic Mission: Helpful Posts for Jordan Study Abroad Students

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Helpful Posts for Jordan Study Abroad Students. Today I was a "guest speaker" in the Jordan Fall 2011 Study Abroad prep class. I am pretty sure I terrified everyone there with my story about language exhaustion and discouragement. Hopefully some of them will look at a few of my blog entries and know that not everything was bad! Anyway, even if none of them look at this, here are a few helpful entries about culture, things to do in Jordan, language learning, and other things. Hints for Sick Travelers.

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My Arabic Mission: A “District Conference” in Al-Husn

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A “District Conference” in Al-Husn. That is how close I am to these forbidden countries! Then, I got off the bus in Irbid, caught a taxi to Al-Husn, and then called President Cotton from Al-Husn, who came and picked us up and took us to the branch house. When I got to the branch house and started explaining about our travels, Sister Cotton asked, “Have you been on a mission? Because you sound like a missionary! The moral of the story? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). On good days, I like to pretend I ...

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My Arabic Mission: Baptisms

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In honor of my almost-MTC date (for those who have forgotten, it is the 17th of September! And with the joy that comes from watching others enter into full membership of the church, I thought I would post about the baptisms that I witnessed while I was in Jordan. The man in front-center is Samir. I was able to help with the translating of several of the discussions that he received from the Cooks, the missionary/service couple (and district president) serving in Amman, as they did not speak Arabic. Their...

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My Arabic Mission: The University of Jordan

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The University of Jordan. The University of Jordan was a crazy place. Crazy because it was different in. From BYU or other American universities. First of all, everything closed down at 5pm and all the building were shut and locked. When do these people do their homework? Even the library closed pretty early. Thing is, most of the students live at home or at a home with family members (if their parents live too far away) and most of them don't have jobs (and their parents pay for their schooling). The cl...